A Dangerous Game Over Taiwan

“A war would fundamentally change the character and complexion of global power,” one expert on U.S.-China relations said.Illustration by Malika Favre On Kinmen, an outlying island of Taiwan, the Chinese mainland looms so close that you can hear the construction cranes booming across the water. The island, about twelve miles from end to end, sits across the bay from the bustling mainland city of Xi

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"Were Taiwan to develop a nuke to ensure it doesn’t end up like Ukraine, it would have huge ripple effects throughout Asia. Japan would probably develop one soon after,"